بِسْمِ ٱللَّـهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allāh, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

إِلَهِي عَظُمَ الْبَلَاءُ وَبَرِحَ الْخَفَاءُ

O my Lord! The calamity has aggravated; the absence prolonged;

وَانْكَشَفَ الْغِطَاءُ وَانْقَطَعَ الرَّجَاءُ

The curtain of modesty has been lifted; hope has been curtailed;

وَضَاقَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَمُنِعَتِ السَّمَاءُ

The earth has been narrow; and sky has been denied.

وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكَي

And You are the One from whom help is sought and complaints are made

وَعَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ وَالرَّخَاءِ

And in You we trust in the times of difficulty.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَي مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad (S) and the progeny of Muhammad (S),

أُولِي الْأَمْرِ الَّذِينَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتَهُمْ

The possessors of authority whose obedience you have enjoined upon us

وَعَرَّفْتَنَا بِذَلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ

And by that made us aware of their position.

فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجًا عَاجِلًا قَرِيبًا

Then make open for us, by their truth, an immediate opening,

كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ

immediate as a wink or sooner.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

O Muhammad! O ‘Ali! O ‘Ali! O Muhammad!

اِكْفِيَانِي فَإِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَانِ

Suffice me both of you as both of you are sufficient.

وَانْصُرَانِي فَإِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَانِ

Help me—two of you—for you are my helpers.

يَا مَوْلَانَا يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ

O our Master, O Master of the Time!

اَلْغَوْثَ اَلْغَوْثَ اَلْغَوْثَ

Help! Help!

أَدْرِكْنِي أَدْرِكْنِي أَدْرِكْنِي

Rescue me! Rescue me! Rescue me!

اَلسَّاعَةَ اَلسَّاعَةَ اَلسَّاعَةَ

This moment! This moment! This moment!

اَلْعَجَلَ اَلْعَجَلَ اَلْعَجَلَ

Hasten, hasten, hasten!

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O Most Merciful of the Merciful,

بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ

For the sake of Muhammad (S) and his holy progeny.